Errors while installing python bindings

[Phil Thompson]

The fact that pip is trying to build from the sdist rather than use a 
wheel suggests either that you are using an unsupported version of 
Python or your version of pip is too old.

Phil

On 07/06/2022 19:42, afernandez wrote:
> Hi Phil,
> I had previously tried pip with a very similar outcome:
> Collecting QScintilla
> Using cached QScintilla-2.13.3.tar.gz (1.7 MB)
> Installing build dependencies ... done
> Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
> Preparing wheel metadata ... error
> ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
> command: /usr/bin/python3 /tmp/tmp64603wve
> prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel /tmp/tmput6jv7tw
> cwd: /tmp/pip-install-hbmfmvgr/QScintilla
> Complete output (9 lines):
> Querying qmake about your Qt installation...
> /usr/local/bin/qmake -query
> These bindings will be built: Qsci.
> Generating the Qsci bindings...
> tmp64603wve:
> /tmp/pip-install-hbmfmvgr/QScintilla/sip/qscimodcommon.sip: line 42
> column 9: 'QtCore/QtCoremod.sip' could not be found
> /tmp/pip-install-hbmfmvgr/QScintilla/sip/qscimodcommon.sip: line 43
> column 9: 'QtGui/QtGuimod.sip' could not be found
> /tmp/pip-install-hbmfmvgr/QScintilla/sip/qscimodcommon.sip: line 44
> column 9: 'QtWidgets/QtWidgetsmod.sip' could not be found
> /tmp/pip-install-hbmfmvgr/QScintilla/sip/qscimodcommon.sip: line 46
> column 6: 'PyQt_Printer' is not a known qualifier
> /tmp/pip-install-hbmfmvgr/QScintilla/sip/qsciprinter.sip: line 21
> column 6: 'PyQt_Printer' is not a known qualifier
> ----------------------------------------
> ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: /usr/bin/python3
> /tmp/tmp64603wve prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel /tmp/tmput6jv7tw
> Check the logs for full command output.
> Something is clearly not clicking but I'm unsure how to proceed.
> Thanks,
> Arturo
> 
> Phil Thompson wrote:
> On 07/06/2022 13:03, afernandez wrote:
> Hello,
> After installing PyQt v5.15.6 with pip and QScintilla_src-2.13.3 with
> qmake, the installation of the python bindings is returning the
> following errors:
> sip-install:
> /home/ubuntu/QScintilla_src-2.13.3/Python/sip/qscimodcommon.sip: line
> 42 column 9: 'QtCore/QtCoremod.sip' could not be found
> /home/ubuntu/QScintilla_src-2.13.3/Python/sip/qscimodcommon.sip: line
> 43 column 9: 'QtGui/QtGuimod.sip' could not be found
> /home/ubuntu/QScintilla_src-2.13.3/Python/sip/qscimodcommon.sip: line
> 44 column 9: 'QtWidgets/QtWidgetsmod.sip' could not be found
> /home/ubuntu/QScintilla_src-2.13.3/Python/sip/qscimodcommon.sip: line
> 46 column 6: 'PyQt_Printer' is not a known qualifier
> /home/ubuntu/QScintilla_src-2.13.3/Python/sip/qsciprinter.sip: line 21
> column 6: 'PyQt_Printer' is not a known qualifier
> I'm not even sure how to begin troubleshooting any of these error
> messages. Did I even install PyQt5 correctly? Thanks.
> If you are installing PyQt with pip why not install QScintilla in the 
> same way?
> Phil